Re: Wanted. The Fugitive. 1964 Plymouth Belvedere Ex Race Car

The Boccanfoso 64' Belvedere was an aluminum nose 426 Stage III bought new from Westport, CT. It raced at Dover Dragstrip, NY., West Hampton, Long Island, and Island Dragway, NJ. A towing accident resulted in the car & trailer to rolling over crushing the roof. The roof & windshield were removed and a large roll bar was installed and the car continued to run at Dover. If I remember it was put into A/SR class. I have videos of the car running and here is one photo in the pits with the massive roll bar. I purchased the car after it was retired. The car was to be stripped and rebuilt on a donor body, but again funds just were not there.

Running out at West Hampton this car is sometimes confused with Tom Powell's FUGITIVE which was a 64' Dodge 330 A-864 Hemi car. The Boccanfuso car was named back in late 63'.

Nick Tiberio

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From: "Jim Altemose" <jaltemoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 11:10:32 AM
Subject: Re: Wanted. The Fugitive. 1964 Plymouth Belvedere Ex Race Car

Wow, talk about finding a needle in a haystack. Pretty cool. Did it
have a top when you bought it? That would be something if you track
it down.

I periodically poke the group about a car called "The Professor" raced
by Bill Shirey in the Detroit area. The guy I bought my 65 Belvedere
said it was raced as "The Professor", but I haven't been able to dig
up any concrete info on the car or Bill Shirey, other than that it was
delivered to University Plymouth in Detroit which is where Shirey was
known to have taken delivery of an A-990. Mines not that; it's a 426
Street Wedge originally. But maybe he raced other cars or needed
parts.

- Jim
Jim Altemose, Long Island, NY
'63 Polara 500 (Max Wedge)
'63 Polara 500 (383)
'65 Belvedere I (Street Wedge)
'71 Bronco